Yes, 0.25" wall is the Rohn supplied pole, and longer than 10' if you
are putting up a tower with 10' sections. "cheating" on a gin pole may
be very hazardous to your survival! (as it was in a youtube video when
one failed during antenna placement on a big commercial tower)
"hard to find" makes no sense to me since many metal service centers
stock 2" 6061-T6 tube in various wall thickness.
You don't mention what gin pole bracket you are using and if it is the
Rohn 2545 then you must use 2.00" od tube to mate with its clamp.
From qrz.com you aren't far from Houston, try EMJ - Earle M Jorgensen
or other local metal service centers. emjmetals.com
Grant KZ1W
n 3/24/2017 13:56 PM, David Robbins wrote:
Its good you didn't find 1/8" wall aluminum, you want 1/4" wall!
David Robbins K1TTT
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed
Stallman
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 19:51
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Gen Pole 10ft x 2in OD mast pipe
I'm in need of a 2 in OD mast pipe for my Gen Pole . I was looking at EMT
but I see the wall thickness is .065 . I will be lifting 115LB's , I will
have a pulley at the bottom of the tower so the rope will be pulling striate
down .. I'm not sure if EMT is strong enough for this job ? Anyone have a
recommendation , something better then EMT . 2 inch OD 1/8 wall aluminum in
a 10ft length is hard to find .
Thanks Ed N5DG
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